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Police Blotter: Four women arrested during San Jose prostitution sting

Compiled from police department reports

Posted:
02/07/2013 11:12:05 AM PST

Updated:
02/07/2013 03:38:15 PM PST

SAN JOSE

Cottage Grove Avenue and Monterey Road, 5 p.m. Tuesday Four females, including one from Martinez, two from Fresno and a new arrival from Nebraska, were arrested during a prostitution sting. According to police, 12 females were loitering at the location, and more than 50 vehicles tried to make contact with them.

1500 block of Rangewood Drive, 10:59 a.m. Tuesday Police spotted a pickup truck associated with two males a person saw earlier in a neighbor's backyard. Although they didn't enter the residence, police arrested them anyway. One male was on parole while the another had a dagger. A third occupant was a juvenile involved in a pending burglary case.

2900 block of Fowler Road, 12:56 p.m. Tuesday An elderly woman returning from a walk interrupted two intruders inside her house. They took off, and she called police.

WEST Menlo Park

1095 Cloud Ave., 8:40 a.m. Jan. 29 Tuition checks at Bethany Lutheran Church were stolen from the church's main office. The loss to the church in uncashed checks was more than $20,000.

200 block of Leland Avenue, Jan. 31 A male who entered an unlocked garage door changed course when he saw a housekeeper inside the residence.

1500 block of Altschul Avenue, 6:06 p.m. Saturday Several items in an unlocked vehicle, including a $2,000 set of Calloway golf clubs, were stolen overnight.

LADERA

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200 block of La Cuesta Drive, 9:44 a.m. Jan. 30 Power tools valued at $2,800 were taken during a residential burglary.

WOODSIDE

17000 block of Skyline Boulevard, 7;50 a.m. last Friday Someone broke into a business overnight and emptied the cash drawer.

SANTA CLARA

2700 block of Taft Avenue, 10:22 a.m. Jan. 28 Two men who tripped the alarm at a residence while forcing a door open ran off without taking anything.

2950 Lakeside Drive, 8:06 p.m. Jan. 28 A laptop computer and gym bag were stolen from a vehicle at El Torito Restaurant. Two similar thefts in the area, at Birk's Restaurant and Gold's Gym, were also reported.

3550 El Camino Real, 11:24 a.m. Jan. 30 Police arrested a man on parole and in possession of identity information for a number of people.

100 block of Washington Street, 2:46 p.m. Jan. 31 A disturbance between two adults was reported. Police responded, located one of the parties, a male hiding in a storage locker, and arrested him on domestic violence charges.

3400 block of Monroe Street, 5:31 p.m. Jan. 31 Two vehicles collided. The occupants of one vehicle were transported to the hospital. The unconscious male in the other vehicle was arrested for driving under the influence.

PALO ALTO

1600 block of Emerson Street, 5:36 p.m. Monday Police are seeking a man in his 30s who stepped off a curb and tried to grab the right arm of a girl passing by on a bike. According to police, the girl screamed and pedalled away quickly, and the man never made contact.

CAMPBELL

700 block of Sharmon Palms, 6:45 a.m. Tuesday The window of a Honda was found smashed.

900 block of Sharmon Palms, 7-5 p.m. Tuesday A black 1997 Honda Civic stolen sometime during the day was located early the next morning at Begonia Drive and Hydrangea Lane.